Full Name L. Aron Nelson Name Aron Ra | Known for Atheist activism Nationality American | |
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Occupation Public speaker, video producer, vlogger, podcaster Spouse(s) Lilandra Ra (2009–present) Residence Garland, Texas, United States Profiles | ||
Aron ra and the crystal palace dinosaurs london 1 may 2015
Aron Ra (born October 15, 1962) is the former president of the Atheist Alliance of America, the host of the Ra-Men Podcast, a public speaker, video producer, blogger, and vlogger. He is also the former Texas state-director of the American Atheists.
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- Aron ra and the crystal palace dinosaurs london 1 may 2015
- Aron ra interview rtr 178 12 11 2016
- Early life
- Career
- Running for Senate in Texas in 2018
- Books
- References
Aron ra interview rtr 178 12 11 2016
Early life
Aron Ra was born in Kingman, Arizona, and baptized as a Mormon. He says as a child he never saw himself as a member of that faith, however, because he did not know enough about it or other religions to make a responsible choice about what to believe. He studied paleontology in Dallas.
Career
Ra is a critic of creationism, and promotes the teaching of science in Texas schools. Ra has advocated for the inclusion of evolution in the Texas Science Textbook hearing.
Ra spoke at Skepticon 6 (2013) and along with Matt Dillahunty, was in the 2014 documentary film My Week in Atheism by director John Christy. In 2014, Ra, Seth Andrews, and Dillahunty held the Unholy Trinity Tour in the United States in 2014, which then went on to Australia in 2015. In April and May 2015, he traveled across Europe and spoke at several events including QED: Question, Explore, Discover in Manchester, England, at De Vrije Gedachte in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and at Skepsis Norge in Oslo, Norway.
In 2016, Ra recorded an interview for the 2017 documentary film Batman & Jesus by Jozef K. Richards. That same year, he published his first book, Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism, based on the synonymous video series with which he first achieved notability.
Running for Senate in Texas in 2018
Ra resigned as President of the Atheist Alliance of America to Focus on running for State Senate. Though he identifies as a "Bernie-crat", Ra is running as a Democrat in Texas State Senate District 2. He also identifies as on the Left and as a Liberal, saying: "I'm on the Left, and that's another poisoned term, right? I'm a Liberal and I'm a Leftist, right? So, that's both of these words are terribly negative, but I am these things because I value Humanity more than Corporate profits."
Ra hosted a nearly three-hour Ra-Men podcast titled Ra Campaign Fundraiser telethon. Along with Lilandra, the video included guests such as Justin Scott, famous for asking various political figures during the 2016 Presidential campaigns how they felt about the separation of church and state. He is also Founder and Direction of the Eastern Iowa Atheists, Administrator of the Cedar Valley Atheists, winner of the 2016 Freedom From Religion Foundation's Nothing Fails Like Prayer Award, and the very first atheist to give the opening invocation to the Iowa State House. The second guest was Dr.Juhem Navarro-Rivera, Political Scientist, author of blog The LatiNone, and co-host of he podcast The Benito Juárez Experience. The final guest was political comedian, proclaimed Satanist, and Democratic California Senate Candidate, Steve Hill.
Though he says "For most things [atheism] would be irrelevant. It would not be irrelevant when we're talking about secular politics obviously," it also seems that atheism would be one of the biggest media draws. Instead, it seems to scare the media away, as Justin Scott points out.
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